The polls are saying that todd akin is in a dead heat with McCaskill. There is something very sick

[still_one]

going on

[WI_DEM]

1. yes, but then he was 10 points ahead at one time, too. So it has gone from

a blow out to a dead heat and that is better than nothing. It is, however, sickening that so many people in MO are willing to overlook his comments.

[skeewee08]

2. Come on Missouri!!!!

[goclark]

4. please, please, please!

That would be huge!

[Biafran]

3. This should keep him in the race.

Which is exactly where the dems want him to be.

[kctim]

5. Claire shouldn't have voted for the ACA

That alone is why this race is even close.

[karynnj]

7. If she didn't, there would be no ACA

Obama needed every single Democrat because NO Republican - even people like Snowe, Collins and Hatch who supported similar bills earlier in their career were ultimately not winnable.

[kctim]

9. And us Missourians

are punishing her for that vote. That vote is the only reason she is not up by 10 right now.

[karynnj]

11. Can she use the Clinton words on what the ACA does

to change the opinion of enough Missourians?

[kctim]

14. Never hurts to try, I guess

Won't work with myself or others I speak with, though.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

15. So you refuse to vote for her?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

20. Voted repub?

[kctim]

23. No, not over her

As gordianot says in Post #8, I will leave it empty.

[Joe the Revelator]

25. Thats crazy talk.

Shame

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

21. Wow.

Enjoy Todd Akin, I guess.

[karynnj]

26. I assume that means that you think that the ACA was worse

than the situation that existed before it was passed.

Have you looked at what it has done?
- It has improved Medicare for those on it while keeping it funded for an additional 8 years.

- It has lowered the cost of insurance plans by capping the rate of growth. This year the average increase was about 4% vs 97% since 2002. http://www.jsonline.com/business/cost-of-health-benefits-rose-4-for-family-coverage-j86qoes-169308696.html This affects anyone with insurance.

- The % of premiums that go to actual medical bills has to be at least 80% for small company plans and 85% for bigger ones. MANY refund checks went out.

- If you have a pre-existing condition you are can get insurance on the exchange

- kids can be on parents' plans until they turn 26.

There are many other benefits, why do you hate it? (I assume that as you are from a red state, it is not because a singlepayer plan would be far better and more efficient.

[MadHound]

6. Claire was a deeply unpopular Senator in this state

Despised by the right, unsatisfactory to the left, she is a blue dog who until Akin fucked up was going to lose badly.

Now she is up by a point, her campaign is revitalized and reenergized. Meanwhile, Akin is floundering. His ad buys got pulled due to lack of money, and while the rabid right wing in the state still supports him, the more sane amongst us are going to vote for Claire.

It is going to be a close race, but Claire will win it.

[gordianot]

8. Claire is a reactive whiner who is not as bad as a delusional religious fascist.

She is going to lose. The only reason I will vote for her is I despise Todd Akin. I have been voting for 42 years once I left a ballot empty would not vote for Warren Hearnes. My plan was to leave ballot empty by McCaskill's name but Akin changed that plan for me. She has alienated to varying degrees every Democrat I know.

[kctim]

10. I'm still going to leave it empty this year

[The Link]

12. I will lose all hope for our country if that guy somehow wins.

Truly disgusting if it is even close.

[librechik]

13. Country is very sick with Citizens Unitis n/t

[Thrill]

17. She shouldn't be running away from

Being a Democrat

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

18. Davd Vitter got a standng ovation from Republicans in the Senate after beng outed as a "john"

If Akin wins, maybe Republicans will celebrate by raping each other in the Senate. Republicanism is an ongoing, never-ending celebration of sickness.

[loyalsister]

19. Unfortunately, it is clearly stated upthread

Not voting for her = a vote for Todd Akin. Sleep well.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

22. Read your own thread

You've got Democrats not voting for her.

Fucking unreal. God damn fools.

[still_one]

27. Any Democrat who doesn't vote for her is a fool

[porphyrian]

24. I've got a poll that says akin is a piece of shit. n/t